Nijinsky: A Life of Genius and Madness

This book is not just about Nijinsky, it is about the whole cast of characters that surrounded and affected Nijinsky while he was dancing with Diagalev's Ballet Russe. Mr. Buckle paints some wonderful scenes of the interaction between Nijinsky and Diagalev, Diagalev and his patrons, Diagalev and all the movers and shakers he worked with (anyone who was anyone in theatre, art and music at that time), and the Ballet Russe in Paris between 1909 and 1929. (His description of the riots some of the dances caused were really fun!) I loved the anecdotes and stories, and the soap opera-ish back stage goings-on he describes. If you own only one book on this period of dance history, this would be the one to have